8th Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival
26-28 August 2011, India Habitat Centre
14 documentaries (10 professional and 4 amateur) films showcasing various aspects of livelihood have been shortlisted from a total of 73 films that were submitted for the 8th JEEVIKA: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival to be held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from 26 to 28 August 2011. National Award winning filmmaker and Padma Vibhushan, Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan will declare the festival open and will give away the awards to the winners. Shri Ram Jethmalani, Lawyer and Member of Parliament will deliver the Keynote Address titled ‘Law, Liberty & Livelihood’.
The documentaries touch upon sensitive subjects such as surrogate mothers, security guards, tribal land issues. Apart from screening of the documentaries, there will be discussions, dance performance and a photo competition as part of the festival, for which entry will be free.
Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival is organised by Centre for Civil Society, a public policy think tank based in New Delhi. The documentary festival is a part of the larger Livelihood Freedom Campaign ‘JEEVIKA’ which helps develop public policy measures to clear the path for livelihood freedom.
| FRIDAY, 26 August 2011, 18:30-20:30, Stein Auditorium | ||
| AWARD CEREMONY | ||
| Inauguration: Festival and Photo Exhibition Nominations: Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival 2011 Awards Dance Performance: Indian Film & Television Institute, Meerut Introduction: Manoj Mathew, Director, Jeevika Festival Welcome Address: Parth J Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society Keynote Address: Ram Jethmalani, Lawyer and Member of Parliament Message: Padma Vibhushan Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Malayalam Filmmaker Presentations of Awards: 8th Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary 2011 | ||
| Click here for Synopsis of documentaries | ||
| SATURDAY, 27 August 2011, Gulmohar Hall | ||
| 10:00 | Sumangali | Pravin Mishra |
| 10:30 | Made in India | Rebecca Haimowitz & Vaishali Sinha |
| 12:20 | Defying Gravity | Akanksha Saxena & Chandrika Deb |
| 13:00 | Brave New Medium | Subasri Krishnan |
| 13:40 | Break | |
| 14:15 | Law, Liberty & Livelihood | Workshop |
| 15:15 | Budhan Diaries | K. Harish Singh |
| 15:50 | Andhere se Pehle | Ajay T G |
| 16:35 | Dekha Andekhi : Kal aur Kala | Akash Kanthan |
| 17:10 | Whispers in the Night | Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas |
| 17:45 | Dailogue with Documentary makers | |
| SUNDAY, 28 August 2011, Gulmohar Hall | ||
| 11:30 | Love Song of the World | Ishani K. Dutta |
| 12:05 | Platform No. 5 | Vanaja C |
| 13:40 | Break | |
| 14:15 | Street Economy | Lok Sabha TV Production |
| 14:55 | A Dream Called America | Anoop Sathyan |
| 15:35 | Koh – I – Noor | Saikat Mallick |
| 16:25 | Amar | Andrew Hinton |
| 16:45 | Jharu Katha | Navroze Contractor |
| 17:55 | Presentation of Awards | People’s Choice Documentary & Best Livelihood Photos |
| Click here for Synopsis of documentaries | ||
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